Makapu amapepala adalembedwa ku China, komwe mapepala adapangidwa ndi zaka za zana lachiwiri BC ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito popereka tiyi. Anamangidwa mosiyanasiyana makulidwe ndi mitundu, ndipo anali okongoletsedwa ndi zokongoletsa. Umboni wolembedwa wa makapu a mapepala umapezeka pofotokozera za chuma cha banja la Yu, mumzinda wa Hangzhou.
Kapu yamakono yamapepala idapangidwa m'zaka za zana la 20. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, zinali zachilendo kugawana magalasi kapena zoyimbira pamadzi monga mipope ya kusukulu kapena migolo yamadzi m'sitima. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kogawana uku kunayambitsa nkhawa zaumoyo wa anthu.
Kutengera ndi nkhawa izi, komanso ngati katundu wa pepala (makamaka pambuyo pa kupangidwa kwa Dixie Cup mu 1908) adakhala otsika mtengo komanso mwaukhondo, zoletsa zam'deralo zidaperekedwa pa kapu yogwiritsidwa ntchito limodzi. Imodzi mwamakampani oyamba anjanji kugwiritsa ntchito makapu amapepala otayidwa inali Lackawanna Railroad, yomwe idayamba kuzigwiritsa ntchito mu 1909.
Dixie Cup ndi dzina la mzere wa makapu a mapepala otayidwa omwe adapangidwa koyamba ku United States mu 1907 ndi Lawrence Luellen, loya ku Boston, Massachusetts, yemwe anali ndi nkhawa kuti majeremusi amafalitsidwa ndi anthu omwe amagawana magalasi kapena dipper pagulu lamadzi akumwa.
Lawrence Luellen atapanga chikho chake cha pepala ndi kasupe wamadzi wofananira, adayambitsa American Water Supply Company ya New England mu 1908 yomwe ili ku Boston. Kampaniyo idayamba kupanga kapu komanso Wogulitsa Madzi.
Dixie Cup idayamba kutchedwa "Health Kup", koma kuyambira 1919 idatchedwa mzere wa zidole zopangidwa ndi Alfred Schindler's Dixie Doll Company ku New York. Kupambana kunatsogolera kampaniyo, yomwe idakhalapo pansi pa mayina osiyanasiyana, kudzitcha yokha Dixie Cup Corporation ndikusamukira ku fakitale ku Wilson, Pennsylvania. Pamwamba pa fakitaleyo panali thanki yaikulu yamadzi yooneka ngati kapu.
Mwachiwonekere, komabe, sitimamwa khofi kuchokera mu makapu a Dixie lero. M’zaka za m’ma 1930 munali makapu atsopano ogwiridwa—umboni wakuti anthu anali kugwiritsa ntchito kale makapu a mapepala ku zakumwa zotentha. Mu 1933, Sydney R. Koons wa ku Ohio anatumiza pempho la patent la chogwirira chomangirira ku makapu a pepala. Mu 1936, Walter W. Cecil anapanga kapu ya pepala yomwe inkabwera ndi zogwirira, mwachionekere cholinga chake chinali kutsanzira makapu. Kuyambira m'ma 1950, panalibe kukayikira kuti makapu a khofi otayidwa anali m'maganizo a anthu, popeza opanga anayamba kusungitsa ziphaso zopangira zivundikiro zomwe zimapangidwira makapu a khofi. Kenako kubwera Golden Age ya kapu ya khofi yotayika kuyambira m'ma 60s.
Nthawi yotumiza: Dec-22-2021